denier

Meaning of denier

noun
  1. a person who denies something, especially someone who refuses to admit the truth of a concept or proposition that is supported by the majority of scientific or historical evidence.
    a prominent denier of global warming
    a climate change denier
noun
  1. a unit of weight by which the fineness of silk, rayon, or nylon yarn is measured, equal to the weight in grams of 9,000 metres of the yarn and often used to describe the thickness of hosiery.
    15-denier stockings
  2. a former French coin, equal to one twelfth of a sou, which was withdrawn in the 19th century.

late Middle English: via Old French from Latin denarius (see denarius). denier2 (sense 1) dates from the mid 19th century.

Information about denier

Hyphenation of denier

de-nier

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • denier is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of denier

diener, Edirne, edirne, Nereid, nereid, reined, renied

Words that rhyme with denier

Nier, Chanier, Lanier, Ranier, Vanier, accompanier, beanier, buccanier, canier, douanier, lanier, latanier, panier, printanier, sedanier, tanier, wanier, zanier, Chenier, Grenier, centenier, chenier, greenier, grenier, ingenier, palfrenier, queenier, sheenier, spleenier, teenier, weenier, Chataignier, besognier, Chnier, Fourdrinier, Minier, Rainier, brainier, brinier, cantinier, carabinier, carbinier, cuisinier, douzainier, fourdrinier, grainier, linier, minier, pinier, rainier

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